The accident occurred Sunday about 9 p.m. as a church meeting broke up at Our Lady of Fatima Church. People were standing near parked vehicles, and Rodriguez's car swayed too closed to the shoulder and struck three of them.

Leonardo S. Santos, 20, of Danbury, was killed after he was crushed between the moving vehicle and a parked car. Ed Miranda, 29, of Naugatuck, suffered severe injuries and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where he was reported in stable condition on Monday.

Lilia Silva, 16, of Naugatuck, was slightly injured and refused treatment at the scene.

The victims were returning from a meeting to plan a retreat that the church sponsors among four Portuguese churches in Waterbury, Danbury, Hartford and Bridgeport.